Annalisa Vozza
Directing
Biography
Annalisa is an Italian film director and producer based in Colombia who made several documentaries and short films in different regions of the world: Europe, the United States, South America, Iran, the Palestinian Territories, Jordan and Antarctica. In 2009, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue an MFA degree in Writing/Directing Fiction in New York. In 2011, she received the Directors Guild of America “Best Woman Student Filmmaker” Jury Award for her thesis short film “Alex”. Her films have been showcased at international film festivals, and in the MAXXI museum of Rome in Italy. She is also a screenwriting professor and a script editor.
Known For
After a personal crisis befalls Jose Maria, he realizes that he is surrounded by women who are constantly demanding something from him as a man. Something he can't give. Overwhelmed and unable to fulfill his responsibilities, Jose Maria joins The Oasis, an underground help group for men. There he starts to question what it means to be a man.
Ay Hombre
Inexperienced but determined to live life on her own terms, young Alex secretly leaves her small town in upstate New York and journeys to New York City with her best friend in hopes of being cast as a dancer in a big show. She is soon confronted with reality, where nothing is as it seems, and her journey becomes an intense exploration of her most undisclosed desires and fantasies that will change her life forever.
Alex
The bus routine of a young rapper who dreams of leaving the city jungle of Bogotá is disrupted by the persistent presence of his little sister. And gang violence puts his dream of a better life to a hard test.